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Broadcaster Frank Skinner marries long-term girlfriend

British comedian and broadcaster Frank Skinner has revealed that he has married his long-term girlfriend, Cath Mason. They've been together for 24 years.

Television • 20 May

Strap: Catchy pop tunes delivered with unconventional time signatures

Behind the music - Strap

Irish progressive rock band Strap have released their new single, Mother Nature. We asked them the BIG questions . . .

Behind the Music • 07 May

Seán Mulrooney: "Nature is my greatest medicine."

Behind the music - Seán Mulrooney

Seán Mulrooney of Tau & the Drones of Praise has launched his solo career with details of new album, This is My Prayer, and lead single, Ag Músclaighacht. We asked him the BIG questions . . .

Behind the Music • 01 Nov 24

Adrian Dunbar: "Filming on the show really couldn't be off to a better start."

Adrian Dunbar to star in new ITV detective drama

Adrian Dunbar will join fellow Northern Ireland star and The Fall actress Bronagh Waugh when he makes his first return to the small screen since Line of Duty for a new ITV detective drama entitled Ridley.

Television • 11 Jan 22

Gillian Anderson drops hint about return of The Fall

Gillian Anderson has dropped a hint that the BBC serial killer drama The Fall could return for a fourth season.

Television • 22 Jun 21

Aisling Franciosi as Sister Ruth in Black Narcissus

Fall star strays from habit in BBC's Black Narcissus

The Fall star Aisling Franciosi has said that her character Sister Ruth "strays pretty quickly" in the BBC's Christmas psychological thriller series Black Narcissus.

Television • 15 Dec 20

The flyer for Green Day's semi-legendary, pre-fame gig at The Attic in Dublin in December, 1991

New Irish book is an eyewitness to punk history

A new book gathering together almost 200 memories of punk and rock gigs from 1967 to the present day has been published to raise funds in the battle against Covid-19.

Music • 02 Dec 20

With season three of The Crown yet to air, fans of the show face quite a wait to see The Fall's Gillian Anderson onscreen in No 10 Downing Street

Gillian Anderson 'is The Crown's Margaret Thatcher'

It has been reported that The X-Files star Gillian Anderson will portray the late British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher in season four of Netflix's royal drama series The Crown.

Television • 21 Jan 19

Aisling Franciosi named as European Shooting Star

Irish actress Franciosi named as European Shooting Star

Irish actress Aisling Franciosi, best known for her roles in the crime drama The Fall and HBO fantasy Game Of Thrones, has been selected as a European Shooting Star at the Berlin International Film Festival.

Movies • 12 Dec 18

Dornan for new BBC Two drama Death and Nightingales

Jamie Dornan back with The Fall creator for North drama

Jamie Dornan is set to reunite with the creator of The Fall for a new BBC Two drama Death and Nightingales which is set in Northern Ireland.

Television • 31 May 18

The Fall leader Mark E Smith's cause of death announced

The Fall singer Mark E Smith died after being diagnosed with terminal lung and kidney cancer, his sisters have announced. Smith died on January 24.

Music • 14 Feb 18

The Fall's Mark E Smith has died aged 60

The Fall singer Mark E Smith has died at the age of 60, the band's manager confirmed.

mark e smith • 24 Jan 18

Dornan has risen to international fame following his time with the franchise

Jamie Dornan: Finishing Fifty Shades was bittersweet

Jamie Dornan has said he found the end of filming for the Fifty Shades series "bittersweet" and still counts co-star Dakota Johnson as a close friend, insisting the series "forged a bond" between the pair.

Movie • 26 Feb 17

Dornan, Turner, Mrs Brown - All hoping to make the shortlist in January

Big Irish interest for UK TV awards

Jamie Dornan, Aidan Turner and Mrs Brown's Boys are among the nominees for the UK's National Television Awards.

Headlines • 11 Oct 16

Jamie Dornan had a "real surprise" when he found out his dad appeared on The Fall

Jamie Dornan surprised over dad's cameo on The Fall

Jamie Dornan had a "real surprise" when his dad made a cameo appearance on the crime drama The Fall.

Entertainment • 06 Oct 16

Gillian Anderson and Jamie Dornan are back in The Fall

TV Preview: Ten shows you shouldn't miss

John Byrne's essential telly for the coming week includes Marvel's Luke Cage, a documentary about Terry Wogan, and the return of The Fall

Entertainment • 23 Sep 16

Whaaaat? Jamie Dornan says he doesn't like his own face

He may be a heartthrob to millions but Irish star Jamie Dornan has admitted he cannot stand the sight of his own face.

Entertainment • 23 Sep 16

Jamie Dornan is "devastated" for his time on The Fall to end

Jamie Dornan "devastated" to finish working on The Fall

Jamie Dornan has said he is feeling "a little bit of devastation" now that his time appearing on The Fall has come to an end.

Headlines • 21 Sep 16

Jamie Dornan returns to the role of Paul Spector this weekend

The Fall creator upset at claims show is misogynistic

The creator and writer of the hit crime drama The Fall, has said he feels hurt and upset at suggestions that the show promotes violence against women.

Entertainment • 20 Sep 16

The Fall Gal: Aisling Bea (pic courtesy Facebook)

Aisling Bea had a ball filming new series of The Fall

Irish actress and comedian Aisling Bea said he "had a ball" working on the new series of the crime thriller The Fall which returns to TV screens in a few weeks time.

Entertainment • 19 Sep 16

Cillian Murphy and Jamie Dornan with Late Late Show host, Ryan Tubridy

50 shades of mortification for Jamie Dornan

He may have played a cold-eyed serial killer in hit TV drama The Fall but Jamie Dornan says he would be more worried about his friends seeing him as naughty billionaire Christian Grey in 50 Shades of Grey.

Entertainment • 02 Sep 16

Jamie Dornan would play serial killer Paul Spector 'until his dying days'

Jamie Dornan says The Fall 'changed his life'

Jamie Dornan isn't in a hurry to wrap up his role as a serial killer in The Fall, saying the job "changed his life".

Headlines • 17 Aug 16

Bradley, Bea and McArdle - New series filming in Belfast

The Fall expands Irish line-up for season three

Rebellion star Ruth Bradley, Trollied's Aisling Bea and Mr Selfridge's Aidan McArdle are among the new faces joining Gillian Anderson and Jamie Dornan in the third season of the BBC-RTÉ crime-thriller series The Fall.

Entertainment • 05 Jan 16

Dornan - "I had never even done a small part in a BBC production, never mind being given a lead. So it was a big punt for them to take on me"

Dornan says he was a "big punt" for The Fall

The Fall star Jamie Dornan has saluted the show's creator, Allan Cubitt, for taking a chance on him in the lead role of Paul Spector, and has said that he "definitely hadn't done enough work really to warrant being given that opportunity".

Entertainment • 12 Jun 15

Franciosi - Will be a series regular as Kate Crawford on the TNT show

Fall star Franciosi joins thriller series Legends

The Fall and Quirke star Aisling Franciosi has joined the cast of the Sean Bean-starring US thriller series Legends for its second season.

Entertainment • 30 Apr 15